OK, I'm done tweaking now.

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My desktop. ubuntu running GNOME 2.8. Here we see Gaim, my AIM client, as well as xchat. In the semitransparent terminal window, the venerable lynx browser is open to the BBC's text-only homepage . Lynx really is the fastest & least-fussy way of reading plain-text news sites around. Plus, it looks cool.